Electric power switches

Author

Greenwood, Allan N. ; Stokes, Anthony D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

Volume

19

Issue

6

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1132

Lastpage

1142

Abstract

A review is given of the physics and engineering behavior of arcs in vacuum and axial gas blast under the conditions found in high-voltage circuit breakers. The topics included are: the zero energy switch; current limiting switches; arc control; the gas-blast circuit breakers; the low-current gas-blast arc; arcing with ablation; interruption dynamics; arc modeling; vacuum as a switching element; the vacuum arc; the constricted arc; and the properties of SF₆

Keywords

circuit-breaking arcs; gas blast circuit breakers; plasma switches; reviews; sulphur compounds; SF₆; ablation arcing; arc control; arc modeling; arcs; axial gas blast; constricted arc; current limiting switches; electric power switches; engineering behavior; gas-blast circuit breakers; high-voltage circuit breakers; interruption dynamics; low-current gas-blast arc; physics; review; switching element; vacuum; vacuum arc; zero energy switch; Circuit breakers; Current limiters; Fuses; Power engineering and energy; Size control; Surges; Switches; Switching circuits; Temperature control; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.125036

Filename

125036